Tag Archives: Employees

How to Motivate Your Employees to be More Productive

Rob Macleod — March 20, 2017 Follow @aktivmindlms— March 20, 2017 An employee’s relationship with their manager is the one of the strongest factors influencing employee engagement, so it often becomes the responsibility of the management team to improve motivation among employees. Figuring out how to motivate your employees to be more productive at work … Continue reading How to Motivate Your Employees to be More Productive →

4 Ways to Turn Your Employees Into Evangelists

Employee Motivation

AJ Agrawal — March 16, 2017 Follow @ajalumnify— March 16, 2017 Every business founder wants to find new ways to promote their message; this common conundrum is one that keeps new entrepreneurs up at night all too often. After all, how aware audiences are of your brand is a direct indicator of your brand’s success. … Continue reading 4 Ways to Turn Your Employees Into Evangelists →

How To Provide Negative Feedback To Employees.

Feedback Management

Irene McConnell — March 9, 2017 — March 9, 2017 Forget everything you know about giving performance feedback. For as long as it takes to read this post, throw your 360s, PIPs and feedback sandwiches out the window. Take a deep breath. Now, look in the mirror. (Figuratively or literally, your choice). Because guess what? … Continue reading How To Provide Negative Feedback To Employees. →

Want More Engaged Employees? Help Your Leaders Improve

Employee Engagement

Liz Kislik — March 7, 2017 Follow @lizkislik— March 7, 2017 Do an online search for “employee engagement” and you’ll get 10.6 million hits. Search for “employee attrition” and you’ll come up with 1.38 million hits. The old line is that employees don’t leave companies, they leave their manager. In fact, Gallup’s 2015 study, The … Continue reading Want More Engaged Employees? Help Your Leaders Improve →

Transparency Can Lead to Trust Between CEOs and Employees

Transparency

David Kiger — March 3, 2017 Follow @davidkiger— March 3, 2017 We hear a lot about being transparent in business. Like an open floor plan in a modern house or office, the ability to break down walls so that all involved are on the same page can create a more appealing business structure. Here’s how … Continue reading Transparency Can Lead to Trust Between CEOs and Employees →

Engaging Your Employees Starts Exactly Where You Think It Does

Employee Engagement

George LaRocque — February 15, 2017 Follow @glarocque— February 15, 2017 For years it’s been clear that as modes of communication and collaboration in the workplace have gone through digital disruption the impact on employee engagement would be great. An annual survey alone on just about anything in business has lost its effectiveness. Business cycles … Continue reading Engaging Your Employees Starts Exactly Where You Think It Does →

3 Practical Ways to Help Employees Benefit from Emotions

Emotional Intelligence

Jessica Collins — February 9, 2017 — February 9, 2017 We have seen emotion at work: occasionally someone cries or yells, and we often pity them but worry about their ability to do their job if they are so emotional. Our advice to them: “Don’t be so sensitive.” Of course, we ourselves are rational and … Continue reading 3 Practical Ways to Help Employees Benefit from Emotions →

Why You Should Encourage Your Employees for Charity Work?

Employee Advocacy

Personal Branding Blog — January 31, 2017 — January 31, 2017 Corporate volunteer programs have a greater value in the long run and can bring many positive business returns. While these programs may only seem doing some work for a good cause, they are much more than that. They are also about employee engagement, company … Continue reading Why You Should Encourage Your Employees for Charity Work? →

Developing Your Employees: Talk is Cheap

Employee Motivation

Morgan Jones — January 31, 2017 — January 31, 2017 Providing employees with feedback and suggestions for improvement is by no means a novel idea. HR professionals have been studying and developing performance management systems for decades. However, with the influx of the millennial generation, the criticality and procedure for professional development is shifting in … Continue reading Developing Your Employees: Talk is Cheap →

Engagement Strategies To Emotionally Connect with Employees

Emotional Intelligence

Peter Cartier — January 26, 2017 Follow @PeterCarti3r— January 26, 2017 Do your people feel connected to the company’s success? If you’re not fostering emotional connections with your employees, you’re setting your team up for failure. Too often, the only emotional response felt by frontline employees is that of concern over their personal future and … Continue reading Engagement Strategies To Emotionally Connect with Employees →